Filmmaker, painter, anthropologist, musicologist and occultist--Harry Smith (1923-1991) was an incomparable polymath and seminal figure in the realms of beat culture and avant-garde art. Smith's kaleidoscopic experimental films have influenced generations of artists and cinephiles, while his landmark three-volume compilation, the Anthology of American Folk Music (1952), laid the foundation for the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. In addition to his ecstatic artwork, Smith is renowned for his vast collections of curious objects. The Collections of Harry Smith, Catalogue...
Filmmaker, painter, anthropologist, musicologist and occultist--Harry Smith (1923-1991) was an incomparable polymath and seminal figure in the realms ...
"Forever" is the theme of INCITE Journal of Experimental Media's sixth issue. In contemporary economies of immediacy and connectivity, what is temporality's role and relevance other than as a force to be exploded? Why are LPs and film reels and tapes and optical discs and iPod menu buttons all circular? What does it mean to wait 8 hours in line to see Marclay's "The Clock"? Why does Hollis Frampton scholar Clint Enns claim: "Duration is Dead"? Who wore post-apocalyptic 1980s cinema better: Darryl Hannah, or Neil Young + DEVO? Is La Monte Young a spinning disk or a flash memory kind of guy?...
"Forever" is the theme of INCITE Journal of Experimental Media's sixth issue. In contemporary economies of immediacy and connectivity, what is temp...
